Manicuring instrument



Fh 279 H934 P, PlcARD MANICURING INSTRUMENT Filed NOV, 2l, 1932 Patented Feb. 2?, 1934 MANICURING ENSTRUMENT Pierre Picard,

Application November 21, 1932, Serial No. 643,775

Neuilly, France and in France November 24, 1931 5 Claims.

The present invention relates to manicuring instruments or appliances and has for its primary object to provide an improved manicuring instrument permitting anyone to clean ones nails 5 very eiiciently without resorting to a manicure or chiropodist.

A further object of the invention is to provide a manicuring instrument permitting the nails to be cleaned. single-handed and selectively either merely by means or" a style acting as an ordinary nail-cleaning knife or by means of a rubbing pad or tuft made of a fibrous material such as cotton or wad and interchangeably held on said style.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a manicuring instrument wherein the pad or tuft or nail-cleaning fibrous material interchangeably held on the style can be moistened during the maniouring operation by a nailcleansing liquid fed from a chamber provided inside said instrument, thus combining the rubbing action or" the fibrous material and the cleaning action of the liquid.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a manicuring instrument wherein the style is held in a stopper or plunger in such a way that the liquid contained inside the instrument can not ilow unduly but will readily flow when required onto the tip of the style and onto the pad or tuit of brous material which may be arranged upon it.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a manicuring instrument of simple and yet rugged construction and easy manipulation and accommodation in a garment pocket, wherein the style can be either hooded by a removable cap or retracted inside the body of the instrunient when it is no longer used.

With these and such other objects in view as Will incidentally appear hereafter, the invention comprises the novel construction, arrangement and combination or" parts that will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the present disclosure and showing several embodiments.

In the drawing:

Figures 1 and 2 are longitudinal sectional views oi an embodiment of the manicuring instrument according to the invention, the style being held in a mushroom-shaped stopper displaceable by means of a helix.

Figures 3 ande are longitudinal sectional views oi a second embodiment of the manicuring instrument according to the invention, the style being held in a stopper urged into closing position by a coil spring.

Figure 5 is an elevational detail view showing a slight modication of the style represented in 60 Figure 4.

Like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

Reference being iii-st had to Figures 1 and 2, the manicuring instrument shown comprises an elongated body 10 internally hollowed to form a chamber 11 for a nail-cleansing or polishing liquid such as water, a solution of soap or oxygenated water for example. The chamber 11 is closed at one end by a plug 19 flanged at 19a and rotatably fitted in a sleeve 20 screwed upon the adjacent end of the body l0. At its opposite end, the chamber l1 is open and provided with an Liternal shoulder 18. A plunger-like stopper 12 located inside the chamber 11 to be moistened by the liquid contained therein has a mushroomshaped head 12a adapted to co-operate with the shoulder 18 of the chamber il for tightly closing the latter when required and preventing any leakage of the liquid. The stopper l2 is centrally bored to receive a style 13 of such a length as to project outwardly of the stopper. This style 13 may be solid (as shown) or grooved or channeled to provide free communication between the chamber l1 and the surrounding atmosphere. The outer tip of the style 13 may be used naked, for instance as a nail scraper, or furnished with a covering, pad or tuft le oi a material capable of readily absorbing the liquid, for instance a nbrous material as cotto-n, wool or wad. A screwthreaded cap l5 is provided for hooding the open end of the body 1G. This cap has a screw-threaded extension 23 which is hollowed to form a compartment 2e in which may be housed spare material for replacing the pad or tuft 14, when it is stained or spoiled.

To the plug 19 is rigidly attached a helix 21 which is coiled around a portion of the length of the plunger-like stopper 12. A pin 22 held transversely in the stopper is engaged through the convolutions of the helix 21 whereby when rotating the plug i9 in the required direction the 100 stopper 12 is shifted outwardly or inwardly. When shifted outwardly, the stopper 12 ejects the moistened style 13 out of the body 10 while providing a tight closure of the chamber 11 owing to the contact which occurs between the mush- 105 room-shaped head 12o and the shoulder or seat 13. When shifted inwardly, the stopper 12 retracts or withdraws the style 13. The latter may be used naked as a nail scraper as aforesaid or furnished with a covering, pad or tuft 14 of 110 brous or other suitable material capable of being given the required tapering shape and of readily absorbing the liquid which has moistened the style to properly rub or clean the nails. Said pad or covering may be held by being tucked into the mouth or" the channel which may be formed in the style 13 or alternatively into a cut or nick (not shown) which may be formed in its tip.

The manicuring instrument shown in Figures 3 and 4 comprises the same essential parts as the ones shown in Figures 1 and 2 the arrangement being however adapted to automatically eject the stopper 12 and style 13 as soon as the cap or hood 15 has been taken ofi. The elongated body 10 of the instrument is closed at one end by a screw-threaded plug 24 having a central inner boss 25 on which is abutted the one end of a coil spring 26 whose opposite end is abutted on the inner end face of a stopper 12 adapted to seat against a shoulder` 18 provided on the inner wall of the open end oi the body 10 for performing a tight closure of the chamber 11 containing the nail-cleansing liquid. The tapering style 13 is carried by the stopper 12 and is normally held in ejected position by the action of the spring 26. The cap or hood 15 is provided in alignment with the style 13 with an inner boss 27 which, when said cap 15 is being screwed on the body 10, drives the style 13 into the chamber 11 against the resistance of the spring 26 and causes it to be rnoistened by the liquid. The style may also be channelled or grooved although in this embodiment this is not essential. It will thus be seen that mere unscrewing of the cap 15 causes the moistened style 13 to be automatically ejected instantaneously into efficient position, so that the manicuring instrument may be used at once with the tip of the style naked for acting as an ordinary nail scraper or covered with a pad such as 14.

The slight modification illustrated in Figure 5 shows a tapering style 13 iitted with lateral teeth or spurs 28 which permit a covering, pad or tut such as 14 (Fig. 4) of brous or other material capable of being impregnated with the liquid to be securely anchored temporarily over the tip of the style for helping the nail-cleaning operation.

The constructional details of the manicuring instrument as described may vary without departing from the spirit of the invention. Thus for example the shape of the style may vary according to requirements and the channel which may be provided in the style 13 for facilitating moistening and impregnation of the covering 14 may be formed axially of the style or eccentered from its longitudinal axis, the channel being for example a duct or a peripheral groove. Moreover the proportion of the several parts may vary as well as the materials of which they are made, a convenient material being ebonite. The outer face of the body and cap of the instrument may be suitably adorned or decorated to give it a handsome appearance permitting its use for example by ladies in their make-up kits or hand bags.

All such and similar variations are intended to fall within the ambit of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. A manicuring instrument comprising, in combination, an elongated body internally hollowed to form a chamber for a nail-cleansing liquid, said chamber being open and internally shouldered at one end, a plunger-like stopper located inside the chamber and tightly engageable against its shouldered end, a style tted in the stopper and exposed to the moistening action of said liquid, the outward tip of said style being utilizable as a nail scraper and holder for a pad of liquid-absorbing material, means for shifting the stopper through the chamber for propelling the style outwardly or inwardly, and a hollow cap engageable over the open end of said body.

2. A manicuring instrument comprising, in combination, an elongated body internally hollowed to form a chamber for a nail-cleansing liquid, said chamber being open and internally shouldered at one end, a plunger-like stopper located inside the chamber and tightly engageable against its shouldered end, a style fitted in the stopper and exposed to the moistening action of said liquid, the outward tip of said style being utilizable as a nail scraper and holder for a pad of liquid-absorbing fibrous material, resilient means for sluiting the style outwardly of the chamber and compressively withstanding its retraction, and a hollow cap engageable over the open end of said body, said cap having an inner boss engageable with the outer end of the style.

3. A manicuring instrument comprising, in combination, an elongated body internally hollowed to form a chamber for a nail-cleansing liquid, said chamber being open and internally shouldered at one end, a plunger-like stopper having a mushroom-shaped head located inside the chamber and tightly engageable against its shouldered end, a style fitted in the stopper and subjected to the moistening action of the liquid, the outward tip of said style being utilizable as a nail scraper and holder for a pad of liquidabsorbing material, a plug revolubly ntted in the end of the body remote from the open end o the chamber, a helix coiled around the stopper A and rigidly fastened to the plug, a pin engaged through the stopper and through the convolutions of the helix, and a hollow cap engageable over the open end of the instrument body.

4. A manicuring instrument comprising, in combination, an elongated body internally hollowed to form a chamber for a nail-cleansing liquid, said chamber being open and internally shouldered at one end, a plunger-like stopper located inside the chamber and tightly engageable against its shouldered end, a style carried by the stopper and exposed to the moistening action or said liquid, the outward tip of said style being utilizable as a nail scraper and holder for a pad of liquid-absorbing material, a spring abutted at its outward end against the stopper and at its inward end against the closed end of the chamber for shifting the style outwardly and compressively withstanding its retraction, and a hollow cap engageable over the open end or said body, said cap having an inner boss engageable with the outward end or" the style.

5. A manicuring instrument comprising, in combination, an elongated body internally hollowed to form a chamber for a nail-cleansing liquid, said chamber being open and internally shouldered at one end, a plunger-like stopper located inside the chamber and tightly engageable against its shouldered end, a style carried by the stopper and exposed to the moistening action of said liquid, the outward tip of said style being utilizable as a nail scraper and holder for a pad of liquid-absorbing material, the outward end portion oi said style having side spurs for anchoring said pad, a coil spring abutted at its outward end against the stopper and at its inward end against the closed end of the chamber for shifting the style outwardly and compressively withstanding its retraction, and a hollow cap engageable over the open end of said body,

said cap having an inner boss engageable with the outward end of the style.

PIERRE PICARD. 

